Legal Opinion

Oram v. People

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided May 16, 2011No. 09SC224PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice

In this case, we examine whether the common law bonding agent's privilege exists in Colorado and, if so, whether it justified petitioner, bonding agent Jason Richard Oram, and his partner and codefendant, bonding agent Devon Scott Weinstein, in entering a home where they believed a bonded individual to be domiciled. We also examine whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain charges of second degree burglary 1 We hold that the common law bonding agent's privilege does not exist in Colorado and that there is sufficient evidence that Oram and Weinstein knew that their entry into the home…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cheek v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  3. Vigil v. FranklinSupreme Court of Colorado · 2004
  4. Dempsey v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
  5. People v. MoodySupreme Court of Colorado · 1984

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Riley v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2011
  2. People v. CarterColorado Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Marsh v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2017
  4. People v. DouglasColorado Court of Appeals · 2012
  5. People v. BondurantColorado Court of Appeals · 2012

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